HBO has announced the release date of the season two DVD and Blu-ray sets of Game of Thrones: February 19, 2013! James Hibberd of Entertainment Weekly has the scoop; the Blu-ray with HBO Select will run $79.98 and the DVD will go for $59.99 for a five-disc set. There will also be a digital download option, although the price of that has yet to be revealed. You can pre-order now on Amazon (US, UK) or the HBO Shop (US, UK).

What kind of extras will the season two set include? To find out, head past the break, where we have the full list. Also, Entertainment Weekly has a sneak peek at one of the features included in the set, Creating the Battle of the Blackwater. Head over there to watch the video.

Blu-ray with HBO Select – includes all DVD features plus:

War of the Five Kings – Track the claims, strategies and key players involved in the battle for the Iron Throne with this interactive guide that follows the movements of various armies detailing their victories and defeats.Histories & Lore – 19 animated histories detailing the mythology of Westeros and Essos as told from the varying perspectives of the characters themselves and featuring, in-part, illustrations from Game of Thrones storyboard artist Will Simpson.In-Episode Guide – In-feature resource that provides background information about on-screen characters, locations and relevant histories.Hidden Dragon Eggs – Find the hidden dragon eggs to uncover even more never-before-seen content.

DVD:

Creating the Battle of Blackwater Bay – See how the epic Battle of Blackwater Bay was brought to life in this exclusive, in-depth, behind-the-scenes look at the climatic episode. The 30 minute feature showcases never-before-seen interviews with cast and crew.Game of Thrones: Inner Circle – Actors Emilia Clarke, Kit Harington, Lena Headey, Michelle Fairley and Liam Cunningham talk in detail about their experiences shooting season two in this roundtable discussion moderated by executive producers David Benioff and D.B. Weiss.The Religions of Westeros – Hear author George R.R. Martin, David Benioff and D.B. Weiss discuss the competing religions in the series and how they influence the various characters in Westeros and beyond.Character Profiles – Profiles of seven major characters as described by the actors portraying them including Renly Baratheon, Stannis Baratheon, Robb Stark, Theon Greyjoy and more.Audio Commentaries – 12 commentaries with cast and crew including David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, George R.R. Martin, Emilia Clarke, Peter Dinklage, Kit Harington and more.

But that is not all. According to Hibberd, HBO is also releasing a collector’s edition of season one, which will contain the first episode of season two, as well as a dragon egg paperweight. That will release tomorrow and can be ordered at Amazon or the HBO Shop. UPDATE: This was actually announced already back in July, but I forgot all about it!

Winter Is Coming: It all looks great. I can’t wait to see more of those animated histories. This gives us something to look forward to that isn’t quite as far away as March 31.

I recently watched all of the History and Lore videos from season 1 on youtube. The one’s from this season should be interesting. They’ll probably include the making and siege of Storm’s end, the taking of dragonstone, the history of the iron islands and their rebellion, the history of Harrenhal, and maybe a faceless man feature.

I know, right? I have no idea how a 10 episode blu-ray set can cost more than most 20+ episode sets. The only plus side is that if you pre-order early enough from Amazon you can usually get a, roughly, 50% discount.

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The round table discussion sounds amazing, I’m really looking forward to it. And I always love the commentaries as well. From season 1 I loved listening to Bryan Cogman with Kit (ep 4), and Kit’s funny story about the horrible food in the NW scenes. Bryan has the most infectious laugh :D I would love to hear from him again in s2’s commentaries. Other than that Lena’s commentaries were fun.

Despite the fact that I’ll probably watch these solely via HBO Go for convenience sake, I’ll still give them my money for the Blu-ray because I want this series to be as big a cash cow for HBO as can be.

Also I love audio commentary. The rest of the features I could give or take. But commentary is fun.

Also, do we know if bestbuy is having another exclusive outer sleeve this year? I got the Stark one last year but thought it would be cool if they did different houses every year. Would be cool to see them lined up on the shelf, Stark, Baratheon, Greyjoy, etc.

Yay! They’ve brought the Stark kids back for another commentary! That, and the NCW, Lena, and Mark commentary were my favourites in season one. New history and lore animations are even better. Glad to see they’ve got a good assortment of behind-the-scenes crew in the commentaries as well.

I too wonder if various outlets will continue the “exclusive” House Sigil slip covers….
It seems like it would make sense for HBO to continue. For very little production cost, they get fans to buy multiple sets of their product.

That said, it also would seem to make sense to hav a high profile DVD set available BEFORE Christmas… so who knows.

With our first teasers (in the form of a simplistic poster and simplistic trailer) and the announcement of the Season 2 DVD and Blu-ray, I hope HBO spoil us once more this week, and finally give us our first Season 3 In-Production video.

According to HBO’s OnDemand schedule Seaon 3: In Prodcution will be released December 3. There does not appear to be any earlier releases scheduled OnDemand or with HBO Go.http://oi47.tinypic.com/357g4za.jpg

So that would make me think it will air before the finale of Boardwalk Empire on December 2 like many suspected. They will place it OnDemand the following day just like they did for many of the promos last year.

I love that it’s a Blu-ray-DVD combo pack this year. Have a PS3, but several DVD players. Will be nice to get both formats for one price.

Also love the abundance of features. HBO is doing it up right. Glad to see so many commentaries. The one’s on Season 1 were highly entertaining. I’d love to eventually hear one that had D&D and GRRM on one track.

Pre-order price is $80. But I’ll bet my life that the day of price will be closer to $40.

I wish that this year they would have released the DVD/Blue-ray/Digital Download versions during Christmas or around that time. But well, I’ll wait dutifuly until the release date and get my hands on it then…sigh…it would have made a nice present to end this freaking year!

I just saw, that the Blu-Ray version has 7 discs according to Amazon. – Must be the two discs you can see on the left in the picture. What do you guys think it is? The soundtrack maybe? – Or is it, that they count the DVDs as well? But than it should be 10 disc imo…. – I am confused…

As an effects artist myself, it warms my heart to see how much Thrones embraces the VFX team. They do such an amazing job on that show and I’m glad they’re getting so much recognition for it, it’s usually not the case.

Looking forward to getting the Blu-Ray. It’s too bad they can’t get them out in time for Xmas, but I can only imagine how time consuming that process is. I’m sure they’re already breaking their backs just to get it out by Feb 19.

Very glad to see a Blu-Ray/DVD combo. I figured this was coming after the survey I took from inside the Season 1 box basically implied they were going to do this. Definitely a good deal since it allows me to watch it wherever I want.

Was is the UK release date not the same as the US date? I remember last year the box set was released on the same day here and in the US? I was happy to hear that it ws February 19th but now March 4th just seems even further away.

I own the Blu-ray set of season 1 and gave the DVD box away to somebody. All two boxes have 5 discs. So unless they changed that approach, which I doubt, your explanation does not fit. – I guess, we will find out soon or later…

I the histories and lore stories are going to be awesome. I just wish they would hurry up and release the box set so I can start watching. One of my employees at DISH talked me watching one episode of Game of Thrones now I can’t get enough. Seriously, because I couldn’t find any time to watch the second season at home, I started watching it at DISH Online in between classes. Now I am finished with season two but still need some special features to get rid of my GoT withdrawals until the next season airs.

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